Baling-press.



No. 771,091. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

' J R PUMPHRBY BALING PRESS. APPLIOATION FILED 00124, 1903.

no MODEL.

5 2 S S c UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,091, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed October 24, 1903- Serial No. 173.445. (No model.)

To all whom, it 777/602] concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs RALEIGH PUM- PHREY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chipley, in the county of Washington and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and useful Baling-Press, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to baling-presses, and one of the-objects thereofis to simplify the construction and operation of the press.

A further object is to provide an improved operating mechanism includingmeans for throwing the mechanism into and out of operative position. I

Another object is to facilitate the expulsion of the finished bale aswell as to provide for an easy insertion of the material in thecompression-chamber.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention:

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of thebaling-press, the compressionchambers and follower being shown insection. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the press, the compression-chamberand the follower being shown in section; and Fig. 3 is a detailedperspective View of the slide-bar for throwing the operating mechanisminto and out of gear.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 designates thebale-box, having the top, bottom, and sides, and in the forward end ofwhich is the compression-chamber 2. The sides are slatted to provideslots 3, whereby the bale-bands may be inserted.

4 designates the side beams of the press, of

which there are four, carried at the respective longitudinal edges ofthe box and extending a considerable distance beyond the front of thebox 1, so that the follower-operating mechanism will be a suflicientdistance away from the box to permit the removal of the bale, as will bepresently explained. The top and bottom beams on each side of the boxare connected by vertical standards 5 and 6, in which slots 7 areprovided forming bearings for the horizontally-disposed winding-shaft 8.This shaft 8 is rotated by a hand-wheel 9, having a plurality ofradially-disposed spokes or handles 10, which serve a double purposenamely, as a means for engagement by the operator whereby the wheel maybe manually rotated and as ratchets for engagement by thespring-controlled dog 11, hinged to the crossbeam 12 on the top beams 4.The dog 11 is normally held in operative position by the spring 13,connected thereto and to the beam 14, so that the tendency will be torest upon the stop 15, which limits the movement thereof. As the dogrests upon the stop 15, it will be necessary for the handles 10 tosuccessively raise it, during which action the tension of the springwill be overcome only to permit the passage of the handle, and aftereach handle is passed the dog will again drop back into position againstthe stop.

The follower 16, which is actuated by the shaft 8, is provided withahead rounded at 17, around which a rope or cord 18 passes, therespective ends of which are connected to the shaft 8. By rotating theshaft 8 through the medium of the hand-wheel the rope or cord 18 will bewound upon the shaft so as to move the follower toward thecompression-chamber to form the bale. The retraction of the follower canbe effected by .reversing the wheel so as to unwind the cord 18 and winda cord 19 on the extended end 20 of the shaft. This cord 19 is alsoconnected to the end of the follower after passing around a pulley 21,carried in the sheave 22 at the rear end of the bale-box.

The forward end of the compression-chamber is normally closed by ahinged door 23, which is held closed by a bar 24:, terminally engagingnotches 25, provided in supplemental beams fixedly carried by the lowerbeams 4; but after the bale has been pressed the bar 2 L can be removedand the door swung open, so that by turning the hand-wheel slightly thefollower can be moved up to the opening, so as to expel the bale, whichwill be shoved out between the box and the operating mechanism, wherebyit can easily be moved to one side. The removal of the bale will beeasily accomplished, due to the inclination of the press effected by thelegs or standards 26, which are illustrated as being immediately beneaththe operating mechanism. By raising the forward end of the press thebale can be dropped to rest beneath the lower beams 4 and rolled orotherwise removed from the press.

A mechanism is provided for throwing the dog into and out of operativeposition, and this mechanism is illustrated as comprising alongitudinally-sliding notched bar 27, movable in a clutch-loop 28,capable of being engaged by one of the notches in the bar. One end ofthe bar is connected to a depending projection or pin 29, carried by theprojecting arm 30 of the dog, so that the dog will be thrown into or outof operative engagement with the handles, according to the position ofthe bar. When the bale has been formed and it is desirable to retractthe follower within the compression-chamber, the bar 27 will be pulledforward to raise the handle-engaging end of the dog out of contact withthe wheel, and by reversing the wheel the follower can be returned to aposition opposite to the intake-opening 31, so that the material may beproperly fed for another bale.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Abaling-press having a follower-operating mechanism, comprising awinding-shaft, an operating-wheel on the shaft, provided with handlesconstituting ratchets, a spring-pressed dog for engaging said ratchets,and a sliding bar carried by the press and connected to the dog to throwit out of engagement with the ratchets.

2. A baling-press having a follower-operating mechanism, comprising awinding-shaft, an operating-wheel having ratohets, a dog for engagingthe handles constituting ratchets, a depending projection on the dog anda sliding bar connected to the projection and provided with a handle topermit the dog to be lifted out of engagement with the ratchets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES RALEIGH PUMPHREY.

Witnesses:

A. B. CRUTGHFIELD, J. T. WHITAKER.

